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Winter view over the oldest bridge in Prague , Charles Bridge (1357)

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Page 1: Winter view over the oldest bridge in  Prague , Charles Bridge (1357)

Winter view over the oldest bridge in Prague, Charles Bridge (1357)famous for its baroque statues along both sides

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National Museum and statue of St. Václav - Czech patronPlace in the centre of Prague where people gather in historicallyimportant moments.

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Prague castle – residence of sovereigns

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emperor Charles IV14th century

emperor Rudolph II16th /17th century

president Václav Klausnow

Prague castle – residence of sovereigns

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Czech kings as patrons of culture and science

Czech Royal Crown1348

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St. Catherine, board painting, Master Theodoriccourt painter of the king and emperor Charles IVmid 14th century

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Winter Allegory, Giuseppe Arcimboldopanting of the world-famous artist working for the Czech emperor Rudolf II (16th century)

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Important figures of culture and science

Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)composer, author of the opera Prodaná nevěsta (The Bartered Bride)

Karel Čapek (1890-1938)writer, dramatistauthor of the play RUR

Franz Kafka (1883-1924)one of the most world-famous writers

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Jan Evangelista Purkyně (1787-1869)famous anatomist, psychologist

Otto Wichterle (1913-1998)chemist, inventor of contact lenses

Jiří Trnka (1912-1969)world-famous creator of animated puppet film

Important figures of culture and science

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Important figures of culture and science

Cosmic Spring, 1911-23, František Kupka (1871-1957)artist, one of the founders of the approach of abstract painting